Abstract
Gender identity change in a conservatively diagnosed 21-year-old transsexual after faith healing was fortuitously observed, was objectively and independently measured, and is reported. This case, and other recent developments, suggests a reexamination of the possibilities of psychosocial intervention to modify atypical gender identity.
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This research was supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH-20258.
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Barlow, D.H., Abel, G.G. & Blanchard, E.B. Gender identity change in a transsexual: An exorcism. Arch Sex Behav 6, 387–395 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541182
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